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science thinking goal
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. Its goal is to find out how the world works, to seek what regularities there may be, to penetrate to the connections of things-from subatomic particles, which may be the constituents of all matter, to living organisms, the human social community, and thence to the cosmos as a whole. Carl Sagan
science fiction advantage
I find science so much more fascinating than science fiction. It also has the advantage of being true. Carl Sagan
science survivor kicking
When a honeybee dies it releases a death pheromone, a characteristic odour that signals the survivors to remove it from the hive. The corpse is promptly pushed and tugged out of the hive. The death pheromone is oleic acid. What happens if a live bee is dabbed with a drop of oleic acid? Then no matter how strapping and vigourous it might be, it is carried kicking and screaming out of the hive. Carl Sagan
science columbus usual
The usual rejoinder to someone who says 'They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Galileo' is to say 'But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown'. Carl Sagan
science thinking people
I'd like the [Cosmos] series to be so visually stimulating that somebody who isn't even interested in the concepts will just watch for the effects. And I'd like people who are prepared to do some thinking to be really stimulated. Carl Sagan
science perfect instruments
Science is far from a perfect instrument of knowledge. It's just the best we have. Carl Sagan
science interesting imperfection
There is a reward structure in science that is very interesting: Our highest honors go to those who disprove the findings of the most revered among us. So Einstein is revered not just because he made so many fundamental contributions to science, but because he found an imperfection in the fundamental contribution of Isaac Newton. Carl Sagan
science way fool
Science is a way to not fool ourselves. Carl Sagan
science technology science-physics
We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science Carl Sagan
understanding
Our understanding is that it is not yet in place. Andy Fisher
understanding
Resellers will need an understanding of messaging systems. Arthur Young
understanding world daily-life
We go about our daily lives understanding almost nothing of the world. Carl Sagan
understanding important
The most important knowledge is understanding what you can't do. Bill Buford
understanding
It is not the hand, but the understanding of a man, that may be said to write Cervantes Saavedra
understanding worked
I was very lucky with the parents I was blessed with. I don't think it could have worked out any better. They've always been so understanding of me and understanding of what I want to do. Emma Stone
understanding viewers
Magic's about understanding - and then manipulating - how viewers digest the sensory information. Teller
understanding
The task of understanding the past is neverending. Susanna Moore
understanding
I have a very understanding wife, and she understands this is part of the job. John Sweeney